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heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode
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To grow long Ðonne se dæg langaþ ðonne gǽþ seó sunne norþweard óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer. Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Se langienda dæg, 252, 6, 9. Eft on langiendum dagum hé ofergǽþ ðone súðran sunnstede, 14

Linked entry: ge-længed

bi-scencan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-scencan, p. -scencte, pl. -scencton; pp. -scenced

To give to drinkad potionem dare

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[scencan to give drink, scenc drink] To give to drink; ad potionem dare Ge in wræcsíðe longe lifdon, lége biscencte ye [fallen spirits] have long lived in exile, flame being given [you] to drink, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 21; Gú. 596

Linked entries: be-scencan scencan

ge-mǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽtan, p. -mǽtte; pp. -mǽted; v. impers. acc.

To dreamsomniare, somnium videre

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Swá his man-drihten gemǽted wearþ as his lord had dreamed, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 21; Dan. 157

Linked entry: mǽtan

un-þwagen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þwagen, -þwægen, -þwegen, -þwogen; adj.

Unwashed

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.: -ðuegenum, Lind.) handum manibus non lotis, Mk. Skt, 7, 2. Unþwogenum (-ðuénum, Lind.: -ðwegenum, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 20. Unðweánum, p. 17, 11

wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
wéstan, p. te
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Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20

wisc

(n.)

a marsh

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Concede terram in loco qui dicitur Fearnleág (Farleigh, in Kent, by the Medway) an myclan wisce vi. æceres mǽde (and in the big marsh vi. acres of meadow (?)), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 128, 33. Similar entries Cf. Wiscleágeat, v. 179, 34

feólag-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
feólag-scipe, es; m.

Fellowshippartnership

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Gif Eádwyne mín ém wille helden se félageshipe mid mé and mín ém Uulfríc ymbe þat lond at Meþeltúne, 582, 24

bútan

(con.)
Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; conj. [be, útan out] .
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Bútan ǽr wyrce éce Dryhten ende worlde save ere the eternal Lord shall work an end of the world, Exon. 98a; Th. 367, 24; Seel. 12. with the ind.

hǽlu

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. ¶ in forms of greeting or address on coming to or meeting a person Sié þé éce hǽlo and in eorðan lof, Cri. 411. Him hǽlu and lof secgean laudent eum, Ps. Th. 106, 31. Hé hǽlo ábeád Maria mycle, Men. 50. Mé Gabrihel hǽlo bodade, Cri. 202.

feallan

to runto be overcometo stumblesnareto failfall awaydecaycrumble away

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Þá locu feóllon. Hö. 39. Wiþ ꝥ ðæt mannes feax fealle, Lch. i. 110, 15. of the direction of a stream, to run Fylð swýðe mycel sǽ úp in on ðæt lond, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 18. where an erect position is lost Ðá feól hé fǽringa onbæcling, Bl. H. 223, 11.

eáþ

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
eáþ, adv.

Easily facĭlĭter

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Easily; facĭlĭter Dryhten mæg gehwone eáþ gescildan the Lord may easily shield each, Exon. 40b; Th. 135, 23; Gú. 528: Cd. 95; Th. 124, 6; Gen 2058. Hie ðe eáþ mihton adreógan they the easier might endure, Andr. Kmbl. 735; An. 368. v. éþ, ýþ

Linked entries: éþ eáþe

meduma

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For 'A weaver's beam' substitute 'A treadle of a loom,' in l. 2for 'insubulæ,' l. 'insubula,' and add Meðema tramarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 27.

streát

(n.)
Grammar
streát, es; m. (?), n. (?).
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Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H. Ger. ge-striuze, striuzach copse, thicket.] See next word

Linked entry: hen-streát

wundor-cræft

Grammar
wundor-cræft, <b>. I.</b>
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, v.ll.) gemeten and geworht and gescyrpendlíce gehíwod ætýwde tó þám gemete hyre heáfdes et locus quoque capitis seorsum fabrefactus ad mensuram capitis illius optissime fíguratus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 451, 18. Add

brand-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
brand-hát, brond-hát; def. se -háta, seó, ðæt -háte; adj. [brand II.
a burning
, hát
hot
]

a burninghotBurning hot, very hot, ardent, passionateardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus

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Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th. 160, 2; Gú. 937

Linked entries: hát brond-hát

a-hrysian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hrysian, p. ode; pp. od

To shake violentlyexcutere

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To shake violently; excutere Drihten ahrysode da wéstan eorþan the lord shook violently the desert earth, Ps. Th. 28, 6. Ahrysod ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl. 108, 22. Ahryse ða moldan of shake the mould off, Herb. 1, 1; Lchdm, i. 70, 8

a-sæcgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sæcgan, p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To speak outrelatetellsayexpressexplainannounceproclaimedicereeffariexprimerereferreenarrareannunciare

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To speak out, relate, tell, say, express, explain, announce, proclaim; edicere, effari, exprimere, referre, enarrare, annunciare Ne mǽge we nǽfre asæcgan, hú ðú æðele eart, éce Drihten we may never express, how excellent thou art, everlasting Lord, Hy

bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
bǽdan, p. de; pp. ed

To constraincompelrequiresolicitcogerecompellereexigerepostulareflagitare

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To constrain, compel, require, solicit; cogere, compellere, exigere, postulare, flagitare Ðæs his lufu bǽdeþ whom his love constrains, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 27; Gn. Ex. 100.

Linked entries: a-bǽdan bǽdde bǽdend

eást-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adv.

Along the east orientem versus

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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30